Events Calendar

Connect with regional peers, learn from experts, and develop new skills as you focus on the environment, experiences, and programming vital to the growth of your school. Content is geared to division leaders, deans of students, counselors, heads/assistant heads, and others who engage in student support. Participating together as a team is encouraged.

Kick off your summer with this interactive workshop on value, time, and project management featuring Andrew Davis, a head of school and practitioner of multiple productivity and time management tools. Over the course of two 150-minute sessions and follow-up Q&As, you will learn and, importantly, put into practice, strategies for work efficiency.

What pushes your thinking and will have impact on your school? The goal of this institute is to explore how a school’s systems come together to meet the mission and create impactful student learning experiences.

Hotchkiss and U. Chicago will host a workshop on open discourse for secondary school teachers. The program will help teachers encourage open dialogue in the classroom, as well as techniques for confronting controversial topics.

INH is a highly regarded program for incoming and second-year heads of school will bring you the knowledge of seasoned heads, the understanding and support of fellow new heads, and the tools to thrive as a leader.

This three-day institute organized by NAIS in partnership with the Global Education Benchmark Group (GEBG) focuses on how schools can utilize intercultural dialogue to engage your community and further your strategic goals, especially around contested issues or at times of division.

The first few years of teaching in an independent school can be challenging. This event provides guidance, support, and the opportunity to practice planning and instructional skills with a small peer group led by an experienced independent school educator.

Close Up, the Deliberative Democracy Lab at Stanford University (DDL), Helena, and the Generation Lab will bring together a nationally representative and scientific sample of 500 first-time voters from across the country to deliberate key policy issues facing the nation. Over the course of four days, students will consider key policy issues facing the country; eeliberate in small groups in a thoughtful, civil, and substantive fashion; have town hall discussions with balanced groups of policy experts; complete pre- and post-event surveys on policy attitudes and views on key civic health indicators; and return home as Civic Ambassadors equipped to hold their own deliberations and gather data on youth perspectives nationwide. In addition to the student in-person participants (deadline to apply for the in-person program is April 26, 2024), there will be opportunities for students to participate virtually, and also volunteer opportunities for adults.

 

Administrative assistants contribute significantly to the overall effectiveness and success of every aspect of  the school community. This workshop will support you in this essential and constantly changing role.